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i think the other interesting comparison to ronald reagan is there's two ronald reagans. there was the ronald reagan who worked with democrats, who made tax reform a priority will you also raised taxes, who signed the federal law that requires that hospitals have to treat poor people when they come into the e.r. ronald reagan worked across the aisle on a lot of things and then there's the ron 23458d reagan we hear about the gop primary debates, a conservative ideologue at never turn. if you talk about the first reagan, obama has tried to follow that path, but he's had less cooperation on offer from the congress. gee didn't -- >> chris, can i make two points about that. >> he didn't want to keep -- >> sorry. that reagan ended his first term with a higher misery index than obama currently has. reagan's recession was also a fairly induced recession in order to ring inflation out of the economy, and it happened and began on his watch. obama inherited a financial collapse recession which of their nature lasts longer, and it happened before he got there. i think that helps expl
i think the other interesting comparison to ronald reagan is there's two ronald reagans. there was the ronald reagan who worked with democrats, who made tax reform a priority will you also raised taxes, who signed the federal law that requires that hospitals have to treat poor people when they come into the e.r. ronald reagan worked across the aisle on a lot of things and then there's the ron 23458d reagan we hear about the gop primary debates, a conservative ideologue at never turn. if you...
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ronald reagan, country came first, not elections. >> in the spotlight tonight, romney as reagan. earlier this week, jeb bush questioned whether either his father, george h.w. bush, or ronald reagan, could get the republican presidential nomination today, saying, back to my dad's time and ronald reagan's time, they got a lot of stuff done with a lot of bipartisan support. reagan would be criticized for doing the things that he did. some republicans took issue with those comments, including former minnesota governor and current vice presidential contender, tim pawlenty, who called mitt romney reagan-esque this morning on "morning joe." >> you know, we just nominated mitt romney, or presumptively nominated mitt romney, who is in the reagan tradition. a conservative with a conservative record, governed effectively in a blue state, working across the aisle. somebody who's produced results. so to look at that and just say, you know, the party wouldn't be capable of endorsing a ronald reagan-type figure today, i think mitt romney is a ronald reagan-type figure. >> last night, fox news's
ronald reagan, country came first, not elections. >> in the spotlight tonight, romney as reagan. earlier this week, jeb bush questioned whether either his father, george h.w. bush, or ronald reagan, could get the republican presidential nomination today, saying, back to my dad's time and ronald reagan's time, they got a lot of stuff done with a lot of bipartisan support. reagan would be criticized for doing the things that he did. some republicans took issue with those comments, including...
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>> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> number one. >> who did they put number two? >> i'm going have to cheat. bill clinton. isn't that interesting. >> number three. franklin roosevelt. so as far as barack obama, by the way, barack obama scored mid left in both polls. >> interesting. i mean maybe not for people today because he obviously is very popular certainly with democrats, but for historians to choose a living president. >> they chose him as number ten of the 20. they put him at the bottom of the list just below ronald reagan. but it is interesting. the popular people put him in the middle of achievements. it was one of the top ten in the country, so they excluded george w. bush. to my regret they excluded george herbert walker bush who i personally thing they deserved more credit than they got. the popular vote excluded woodrow wilson. woodrow wilson charted american history for the next years. >> what do you make of the breakdown if you look at the list that's used democratic. out of ten, only three are republicans. >> yeah. i mean the people, four were repu
>> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> number one. >> who did they put number two? >> i'm going have to cheat. bill clinton. isn't that interesting. >> number three. franklin roosevelt. so as far as barack obama, by the way, barack obama scored mid left in both polls. >> interesting. i mean maybe not for people today because he obviously is very popular certainly with democrats, but for historians to choose a living president. >> they chose him as...
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ronald reagan, country came first, not elections. >> in the spotlight tonight, romney as reagan. earlier this week, jeb bush questioned whether either his father, george h.w. bush, or ronald reagan, could get the republican presidential nomination today, saying, back to my dad's time and ronald reagan's time, they got a lot of stuff done with a lot of bipartisan support. reagan would be criticized for doing the things that he did. some republicans took issue with there's another way to help erase litter box odor. purina tidy cats. only tidy cats has new odor erasers... making it easy to keep things at home... just the way you want them. new tidy cats with odor erasers. if you made a list of countries from around the world... ...with the best math scores. ...the united states would be on that list. in 25th place. let's raise academic standards across the nation. let's get back to the head of the class. let's solve this. and he didn't stop for three days and nights as he escaped life as a child soldier. twenty years later, he was still running, he just had a different thing driving
ronald reagan, country came first, not elections. >> in the spotlight tonight, romney as reagan. earlier this week, jeb bush questioned whether either his father, george h.w. bush, or ronald reagan, could get the republican presidential nomination today, saying, back to my dad's time and ronald reagan's time, they got a lot of stuff done with a lot of bipartisan support. reagan would be criticized for doing the things that he did. some republicans took issue with there's another way to...
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but he's not a ronald reagan figure. i think at the end of this season we'll find he's hurt the republicans, and it's going to be a very tough general election for mitt romney. >> if mitt romney loses the general, robert, rick santorum says see, i told you so, he was too moderate. thank you to both. >>> up next, john mccain knows something about how not to pick a running mate. and he's got some advice for mitt romney. that's next in the "sideshow." you're watching "hardball." ♪ beth! hi! looking good. you've lost some weight. thanks. you noticed. these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right -- whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multi-grain cheerios -- 5 whole grains, 110 calories. creamy, dreamy peanut butter taste in a tempting new cereal. mmm! [ female announcer ] new multi-grain cheerios peanut butter. [ female announcer ] new multi-grain cheerios according to the signs, ford is having some sort of big tire e
but he's not a ronald reagan figure. i think at the end of this season we'll find he's hurt the republicans, and it's going to be a very tough general election for mitt romney. >> if mitt romney loses the general, robert, rick santorum says see, i told you so, he was too moderate. thank you to both. >>> up next, john mccain knows something about how not to pick a running mate. and he's got some advice for mitt romney. that's next in the "sideshow." you're watching...
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eric cant eric cantor can't handle the truth with ronald reagan. >> he also cut taxes. >> but he did compromise. >> ezra klein of "the washington post" is here to set the record straight. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching and the first votes fort republican nomination are hours away from being cast. i think we might see a surprise in iowa tomorrow. the latest numbers from the public policy polling of have ron paul on top with 20% of the vote in iowa. >> santorum in at 15%. the devil is in the details. in the first day of the poll, ron paul was on top with 29% support. four days later, he was down to 16%. on the other hand, santorum polled at 10% the first couple of days of the polling. on days three and four, his numbers doubled to 20%. what does that mean? santorum has real momentum. he continues his brand of retail politics on the road in iowa. he was so popular at a pisa restaurant in boon, iowa, the owner renamed the chicken salad santorum salad in honor of the candidate. he is a viable auditorium for conservative voters. he is 60% in iowa and gainin
eric cant eric cantor can't handle the truth with ronald reagan. >> he also cut taxes. >> but he did compromise. >> ezra klein of "the washington post" is here to set the record straight. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching and the first votes fort republican nomination are hours away from being cast. i think we might see a surprise in iowa tomorrow. the latest numbers from the public policy polling of have ron paul on top with 20%...
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or a tree or whatever in every county in america after ronald reagan is grover norquist. it is the republican party's chief anti-tax enforcer. there is sort of an interesting coalition of interest here around making ronald reagan into a paradigm of anti-tax doctrine. the very same people pushing the doctrine, they conscripted ronald reagan in that as the chief icon for them if their pursuit. >> was he trying, eric cantor, trying to file off a few edges in this interview? >> you know, i can't say because i haven't seen the rest of the interview. >> well, it sure seemed to me like he was. this was a new image that he was trying to portray. is he going after john boehner's job? >> i don't know if he is yet. john boehner looks a bit weaker. over the last four months or so, republicans from mitch mcconnell to john boehner to eric cantor have been trying to put forward a more conciliatory tone because the ratings for congress are incredibly low now. gallup said congress ended the year with the lowest ratings ever, 11%. lower than the democrats in 2010 before they lost 60-some s
or a tree or whatever in every county in america after ronald reagan is grover norquist. it is the republican party's chief anti-tax enforcer. there is sort of an interesting coalition of interest here around making ronald reagan into a paradigm of anti-tax doctrine. the very same people pushing the doctrine, they conscripted ronald reagan in that as the chief icon for them if their pursuit. >> was he trying, eric cantor, trying to file off a few edges in this interview? >> you...
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in 1981, president ronald reagan created the gold commission. the commission was there for one reason, to figure out if america should go back to a gold standard in order to beat the dreaded inflation monster. the conclusion of the commission, no, bad idea, do not do that thing. and that was ronald reagan's commission. and it came at a time when inflation was really high. you couldn't have picked a more sympathetic president or more sympathetic moment to look at the gold standard. and they still rejected it. so, fast forward 30 years we're here in the present now, no inflation problem, the head of the federal reserve was originally appointed by george w. bush and credited with having headed off a potential great depression in '08. and so what does the republican party want to do? well, according to a draft of the party's platform, they want another gold commission. to study whether or not we should go back to gold. you might dismiss this as meaningless capitulation to the ron paul's delegates. but that's not what marsha blackburn who cochairs th
in 1981, president ronald reagan created the gold commission. the commission was there for one reason, to figure out if america should go back to a gold standard in order to beat the dreaded inflation monster. the conclusion of the commission, no, bad idea, do not do that thing. and that was ronald reagan's commission. and it came at a time when inflation was really high. you couldn't have picked a more sympathetic president or more sympathetic moment to look at the gold standard. and they...
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here in california, the system was free until ronald reagan. we've seen college tuition costs double and triple. so it's a long-term story that kind of culminates in the crash of 2008 when things really fell apart. he's trying to make people understand that this is not something that just started. >> i guess what i'm asking is even if americans buy into that portion of the logic, at this stage of the election, aren't they looking for more that's forward looking? john feehery, i guess i'm making your argument for you. >> the big problem i have with this argument, well, i have a lot of problems with the argument, first of all, george bush is not on the ballot, president obama is. how has the president done and what is his vision for the next four years? this is a curious time to blame george bush. it's a long end to his administration. he could have made that the first year, but this is three and a half years into his administration. and job growth has been so stagnant and remarkably lousy that i just don't think it works with most voters. i know
here in california, the system was free until ronald reagan. we've seen college tuition costs double and triple. so it's a long-term story that kind of culminates in the crash of 2008 when things really fell apart. he's trying to make people understand that this is not something that just started. >> i guess what i'm asking is even if americans buy into that portion of the logic, at this stage of the election, aren't they looking for more that's forward looking? john feehery, i guess i'm...
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in ronald reagan went all the way to kansas city against ford, and ronald reagan ran again in 1980 and he was the conservative champion. he is partially right, but santorum and the people around the country have a right in may for kentucky, arkansas, or west virginia, there are still people in the process that still want to vote. we're not sure we are for romney, gingrich, or san tomorrow, and we have the right to vote. >> if santorum is successful, how does he go out after pennsylvania when there are a host of states where probably he would win. if you don't get out soon, it's another full month or two that this goes on. >> i think you're right about that. i think if you won pennsylvania, i don't think it would make that big of a deal because of the points you raised. and it is his home state, but i think he would be encouraged, and if he wanted to fight on for 2016, the longer he stays in the better he does. he is just not a ronald reagan figure. he is not on the cutting edge of change. i think at the end of this season we'll find that he continues to hurt the republicans and it's go
in ronald reagan went all the way to kansas city against ford, and ronald reagan ran again in 1980 and he was the conservative champion. he is partially right, but santorum and the people around the country have a right in may for kentucky, arkansas, or west virginia, there are still people in the process that still want to vote. we're not sure we are for romney, gingrich, or san tomorrow, and we have the right to vote. >> if santorum is successful, how does he go out after pennsylvania...
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but president ronald reagan turned that from a declared war into a literal one. why declare a war on drugs? from the outset it had relatively little to do with genuine concern about drug addiction and abuse and nearly everything to do with politics, racial politics. numerous historians have documented that the war on drugs was part of that grand republican party strategy known as the southern strategy of using racially coded get tough appeals on issues of crime and welfare to appeal to poor and working class whites, particularly in the south who are anxious about and resentful of many of the gains of african-americans in the civil rights movement. when president ronald reagan declared a drug war was was to get tough on a group of people not so subtly defined by race. >> i would like you to respond to -- hearing that i think that tracks with the way i think of the politics of this but it also is the case that we had this remarkable explosion of crime in the country that created the conditions -- created a receptivity among the populace for the message. the crime r
but president ronald reagan turned that from a declared war into a literal one. why declare a war on drugs? from the outset it had relatively little to do with genuine concern about drug addiction and abuse and nearly everything to do with politics, racial politics. numerous historians have documented that the war on drugs was part of that grand republican party strategy known as the southern strategy of using racially coded get tough appeals on issues of crime and welfare to appeal to poor and...
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he needs to say, ronald reagan wanted that. ronald reagan would have endorsed that. but i think it's actually more interesting to look at what jeb bush is doing because while he's declaring his independence from grover norquist and his party, he's also delivering a kind of vote of no confidence in mitt romney even though he's endorsed him. because i see that as -- it is a bizarre statement for someone if you think -- it's not something you say if you think your party is headed to a great win in november. it's really the kind of thing you hear the morning after an election where you've done very badly. i really wonder what's up with that. >> he's already anticipating a potential loss of mitt romney, should we say? i don't want to put words in your mouth. do you think he's ginning up to that point? >> that's the way i took it. if you're saying we need to race revenues and you -- he also went on to criticize him, you know, quite directly for his immigration, for his really anti-immigrant policies. >> right. >> you know, those are not the kinds of things you do if you ar
he needs to say, ronald reagan wanted that. ronald reagan would have endorsed that. but i think it's actually more interesting to look at what jeb bush is doing because while he's declaring his independence from grover norquist and his party, he's also delivering a kind of vote of no confidence in mitt romney even though he's endorsed him. because i see that as -- it is a bizarre statement for someone if you think -- it's not something you say if you think your party is headed to a great win in...
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ronald reagan just told you that it only hurts for a minute and then you'll feel just great. now, i don't think we have to decide whether ronald reagan intended that to be a straight or gay entendre. the guy was a hollywood actor. he had seen it all. and he knew, there is never, never a joke that has too many entendre. >> listen. i know what it's like the first time you pull that republican lever, because i used to be a democrat myself. and i could tell you, it only hurts for a minute. and then you'll feel just great. in america today we're running out of a vital resource we need to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise fina
ronald reagan just told you that it only hurts for a minute and then you'll feel just great. now, i don't think we have to decide whether ronald reagan intended that to be a straight or gay entendre. the guy was a hollywood actor. he had seen it all. and he knew, there is never, never a joke that has too many entendre. >> listen. i know what it's like the first time you pull that republican lever, because i used to be a democrat myself. and i could tell you, it only hurts for a minute....
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in 1976 ronald reagan didn't get out. he was able to stand tall in texas and win, which we have every intention of doing. [ applause ] >> go rick go! go rick, go! go rick, go! go rick, go! >> he took that race the entire way to the convention and he fell short and in the fall republicans fell short because we nominated another moderate who couldn't galvanize our party and bring those votes to our side to bring the change we need in america. four years later they fought him again. we need another moderate. we have to defeat this democratic incumbent. this time the republican establishment lost. let's not make the mistake of 1976 again. let's bypass that era and move straight to 1980 and let's defeat a democratic incumbent. you can help me here in pennsylvania. thank you very much. god bless you. god bless you. >> former pennsylvania senator rick santorum speaking in his home state. i believe in his home district where he represented part of the district that represented when he was in the house of representivities. mr. san
in 1976 ronald reagan didn't get out. he was able to stand tall in texas and win, which we have every intention of doing. [ applause ] >> go rick go! go rick, go! go rick, go! go rick, go! >> he took that race the entire way to the convention and he fell short and in the fall republicans fell short because we nominated another moderate who couldn't galvanize our party and bring those votes to our side to bring the change we need in america. four years later they fought him again. we...
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i think of ronald reagan. that's the ultimate recent example. there was a point there in -- >> roosevelt was a democrat. >> i always remember 20 years ago there was a poll that came out that sounded like at that point jimmy carter was more popular and better remembered by americans than ronald reagan. 20 years later you say how could that have happened? can you talk about the reagan experience and what lessons presidents can draw from that in terms of their own reputations in history. >> oftentimes if you have one president that the party looks back to, oftentimes there's not been later presidents or candidates that really captured the party's imagination. if people were in love with george w. bush or some republicans in love with mitt romney, i think you'd hear less about ronald reagan than you do. same thing about fdr. you went to a democratic convention and you mentioned fdr you and you think it's almost recent. >> to this point of how the legacy comes about, how much is actually based on the merit of what the president accomplished in his te
i think of ronald reagan. that's the ultimate recent example. there was a point there in -- >> roosevelt was a democrat. >> i always remember 20 years ago there was a poll that came out that sounded like at that point jimmy carter was more popular and better remembered by americans than ronald reagan. 20 years later you say how could that have happened? can you talk about the reagan experience and what lessons presidents can draw from that in terms of their own reputations in...
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president has won election with a jobless rate above 6% except for ronald reagan and it was 7.2% when he won re-election in november of 2004. but washington pollster who is a republican says that impressions of the economy are locked in the late spring of an election year, and it is that mindset they take into the booth. here are three examples of what we is referring. to in george h.w. bush's first and only term, the unemployment was leaning downward heading into the election day, so voters would be willing to give him four more years, but with the crucial spring months that we have highlighted here, the unemployment rate was rising, and so according to his theory, that is what the voters took to polls. and same for jimmy carter, the unemployment was headed down leading into the election, but in the april, may, june springtime period, unemployment was rising and we know that he lost the bid despite a improving jobs pick chu. and now a president who won a second term, ronald reagan with a punishing unemployment rate topping 10% in the first term, because it was headed in the right dir
president has won election with a jobless rate above 6% except for ronald reagan and it was 7.2% when he won re-election in november of 2004. but washington pollster who is a republican says that impressions of the economy are locked in the late spring of an election year, and it is that mindset they take into the booth. here are three examples of what we is referring. to in george h.w. bush's first and only term, the unemployment was leaning downward heading into the election day, so voters...
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in rolled ronald reagan to reassert american supremacy in the world. now, that wasn't necessarily the experience of the population at large. to the population at large, america was in a recession at the end of jimmy carter's first term in 19080, experiencing a recovery in 1984. the voting was essentially reflection of the economy reality of the day. the stung in 1980, it was getting better in 84, reagan won again. this year, central retore i cal challenge that barack obama has faced and faces now is not a nation recovering from a financial crisis. but a national psyche that once again is haunted by the specter of permanent american decline. for his likely opponent the fall the way to run against barack obama is clear, blame him entirely for the economic difficulties and insinuate sometimes not so softly, that if reelected, barack obama will guarantee irrepairable damage to american supremacy. >> this campaign is about more than replacing a president. it's about saving the soul of america. president obama and i have very different visions of america. pr
in rolled ronald reagan to reassert american supremacy in the world. now, that wasn't necessarily the experience of the population at large. to the population at large, america was in a recession at the end of jimmy carter's first term in 19080, experiencing a recovery in 1984. the voting was essentially reflection of the economy reality of the day. the stung in 1980, it was getting better in 84, reagan won again. this year, central retore i cal challenge that barack obama has faced and faces...
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ronald reagan did it by a landslide in 1980. he carried more states against jimmy carter than franklin delano roosevelt did against hoover. what i said last night is the truth. nobody in the elite media wants to cover it. nobody ever went back to look what he stands for, what neighborhood organizer meant. he wasn't organizing boys and girls clubs. he was teaching political radicalism. that explains his entire administration. he is who he is. it's not that he's a bad human being. my impression is he has a good family, he really loves his children and his wife, that he's a very pleasant person in some ways. the objective fact is he believes in a very radical vision of america's future that is fundamentally different from probably 80% of this country. and nobody in the elite media has ever wanted to dig into it, ever wanted -- why would he veto the keystone pipeline? why would he kill jobs in america? why would he have a national labor relations board attack boeing? because it fits the model of alinsky radicalism. >> there's news t
ronald reagan did it by a landslide in 1980. he carried more states against jimmy carter than franklin delano roosevelt did against hoover. what i said last night is the truth. nobody in the elite media wants to cover it. nobody ever went back to look what he stands for, what neighborhood organizer meant. he wasn't organizing boys and girls clubs. he was teaching political radicalism. that explains his entire administration. he is who he is. it's not that he's a bad human being. my impression...
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bush stimulus, a ronald reagan stimulus. there were many others. i picked those out to make a point. it does seem like an economic tool that isn't the least controversial thing in the world, but at least used to have the logic of it accepted in a bipartisan way, right? >> including by paul ryan. so in 2001, there's a great debate, there's a great hearing between paul ryan and an economist named kevin who's currently affiliated with the romney campaign. they're out there and sort of talking about the bush tax cuts. the bush tax cuts, remember, were originally there to pay down a big surplus. we had all this money, needed to do something with it, we'll give it to you in a tax cut. the economy began to break down, we were going into a recession. suddenly we didn't have a clear -- it went from we need to pay down the surplus to hey, this would be a great way to stimulate the economy, too. we need it in order to be recession proof. kevin and paul ryan have this exchange in this debate about, you know, the problem was before they just didn't do their sti
bush stimulus, a ronald reagan stimulus. there were many others. i picked those out to make a point. it does seem like an economic tool that isn't the least controversial thing in the world, but at least used to have the logic of it accepted in a bipartisan way, right? >> including by paul ryan. so in 2001, there's a great debate, there's a great hearing between paul ryan and an economist named kevin who's currently affiliated with the romney campaign. they're out there and sort of...
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this shows the net change in government spending under president ronald reagan and president obama in their first terms. here's the reagan line. here's the obama line. they are so concerned about government spending. take a look at the red line. spending goes way up under president reagan. look at the blue line, where does it go? spending ticks up under president obama but then drops. keep in mind both of these presidents had to do what? get out of a recession. but president obama was saddled with the great recession. and he had a lot of help, too, didn't he? let's look at another chart. the first terms of these five presidents, the blue line, light blue line is bill clinton's presidency. with the net change in government spending less than 3%. but look at the red lines, reagan, 12% growth in government spending. bush, 41%. 6% for bush 43, a net increase of 12%. all this government spending has a stimulative effect. when the republicans are in the oval office, no big deal they are happy to help their president kick start the economy with spending. but when it's a democrat in the oval
this shows the net change in government spending under president ronald reagan and president obama in their first terms. here's the reagan line. here's the obama line. they are so concerned about government spending. take a look at the red line. spending goes way up under president reagan. look at the blue line, where does it go? spending ticks up under president obama but then drops. keep in mind both of these presidents had to do what? get out of a recession. but president obama was saddled...
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and he pointed back to ronald reagan. at the end of the speech did something important which said look, our post war america was strong. because we had a bipartisan consensus about the roll of the government and in growing the economy. it wasn't the government did it alone. it wasn't the government controlled everything. it was that we built roads and we funded rnd and funded schools and public universitys. because that made smart people and it made businesses strong. and we are stuck because this republican party has moved so far to the right they won't even -- they won't meet me where ronald reagan met democrats or where nixon met democrats. so he's saying his goal -- the three of us can disagree about whether or not this is going to be effective. you have to break the stalemate. you have to tell the republican party. why have you gone off a cliff and why have you lost your minds? >> but, john, we don't have a parliamentary system. if the status quo is maintained, i'm not sure anybody on either side of the aisle will be
and he pointed back to ronald reagan. at the end of the speech did something important which said look, our post war america was strong. because we had a bipartisan consensus about the roll of the government and in growing the economy. it wasn't the government did it alone. it wasn't the government controlled everything. it was that we built roads and we funded rnd and funded schools and public universitys. because that made smart people and it made businesses strong. and we are stuck because...
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people like ronald reagan are standing up for this un-american talk. god save mccain and say i say and all the left, right and center who say enough's enough. joining us is editor at large, joe walsh. john feary is here. john, how do you explain all this talk about people learning how to be an american, the charges, you have the candidate himself on your side talking about the president being far in in his thinking. what's that angle that we are getting? because bachmann is the ultimate case of this. >> well, let me first disassociate -- take these two things apart. michele bachmann's thing is absolutely outrageous. i don't know what she's up to. mccain was absolutely right. you can quibble or have serious disagreements with to into obama's foreign policy, but throwing her under the bus is ridiculous and as dangerous as joan boehner said. the worst thing is it's a distraction from what the campaign should be about, which should be about the economy. now, if you're talking about some of the rhetoric coming from mitt romney and others, listen, all is fai
people like ronald reagan are standing up for this un-american talk. god save mccain and say i say and all the left, right and center who say enough's enough. joining us is editor at large, joe walsh. john feary is here. john, how do you explain all this talk about people learning how to be an american, the charges, you have the candidate himself on your side talking about the president being far in in his thinking. what's that angle that we are getting? because bachmann is the ultimate case of...
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that class warrior was ronald reagan. he thought that in america the wealthiest should pay their fair share and he said so. i know that position might disqualify from the republican primaries these days. but what ronald reagan was calling for then is the same thing we're calling for then a return to basic fairness and responsibility. everybody doing their part. and if it will help convince folks in congress to make the right choice, we could call it the reagan rule instead of the buffett rule. the choice is clear, this vote is coming up. i'm asking every american who agrees with me, call your member of congress, write a e-mail, tweet them, stop giving the tax breaks to the wealthiest americans who don't need them and is not asking for them. start asking everybody to do their fair share. every american who's willing to work hard has a chance at similar skesdz. so, that we're making investments that help this economy grow. so that we're able to bring down our deficits in a fair and balanced and sensible way. tell them to pa
that class warrior was ronald reagan. he thought that in america the wealthiest should pay their fair share and he said so. i know that position might disqualify from the republican primaries these days. but what ronald reagan was calling for then is the same thing we're calling for then a return to basic fairness and responsibility. everybody doing their part. and if it will help convince folks in congress to make the right choice, we could call it the reagan rule instead of the buffett rule....
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i think they want to see a big solution, ronald reagan-style visionary candidate. >> okay. a lot of donors under $250 and one way above $250. rick, give me a scenario that's good for your candidate? how does it work well for him from now until tampa and on to november? what's a good scenario for newt gingrich to come out a winner in this whole process? >> well, the best scenario obviously is that he wins alabama and mississippi. then he gains some momentum from there. as rick santorum -- you can look up his record, but he's not a conservative. i think he gains momentum from there. by the way, the romney campaign has put out all this math where it's impossible for rick santorum or newt gingrich to reach the delegates he's now claiming for himself. while i'll admit it may be improbable, it is also equally improbable, if not impossible, that mitt romney actually gets to the convention with the right number of delegates. if newt gingrich were to drop out and leave the voters with no conservative choice at all, mitt romney would crush rick santorum and he would be our nominee. >
i think they want to see a big solution, ronald reagan-style visionary candidate. >> okay. a lot of donors under $250 and one way above $250. rick, give me a scenario that's good for your candidate? how does it work well for him from now until tampa and on to november? what's a good scenario for newt gingrich to come out a winner in this whole process? >> well, the best scenario obviously is that he wins alabama and mississippi. then he gains some momentum from there. as rick...
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newt has a long record of bashing ronald reagan and perhaps most damming, ann culter said the best way to reelect barack obama is to elect gingrich. his appeal is with the tea party crowd. the ones with the pitch forks and torches. while romney attracts the educated types. it's become t-shirts versus tattersal. whoever wins florida will have the inside track to take on president obama. that's a fight that looks increasingly good for the democrats. the president is gaining strength in the new nbc news wall street journal poll. his approval rating is the highest since june. americans are feeling better about the economy itself. the big question. is this a temporary uptick or the start of something good for the country and the white house? catch this picture of arizona governor jan brewer sticking a finger in president obama's face on the tarmac in phoenix. why does the nasty right feel it's okay to disrespect this president so much? let me finish with the joy, and i mean joy, this newt versus mitt romney fight is giving yours truly. dana milbank is joining us. let me start -- first of al
newt has a long record of bashing ronald reagan and perhaps most damming, ann culter said the best way to reelect barack obama is to elect gingrich. his appeal is with the tea party crowd. the ones with the pitch forks and torches. while romney attracts the educated types. it's become t-shirts versus tattersal. whoever wins florida will have the inside track to take on president obama. that's a fight that looks increasingly good for the democrats. the president is gaining strength in the new...
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i mean, since 1976, when ronald reagan created the fact -- myth of the welfare queen, welfare and race have been linked in ways that -- >> i would even argue before that with barry goldwater in '64. >> this is not a dog whistle. it is just a strategy. racialized strategy. >> let me ask you this. when you look at the fact that even romney's pollster -- i mean, i heard a lot of bold statements. but romney's pollster said -- and i'm quoting him. when they were confronted with the fact that they were misrepresenting the truth on the president, he is -- we are not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers. >> or seems by facts. >> right. what's that -- facts have nothing to do with this. >> facts -- i mean, with this particular ad, and this attack, facts have nothing to doing with it. it is working and they are going to do it. what actually -- amazes me, when you played that clip earlier, romney, who knows better now, he's read this and heard it and has been confronted with the fact the ad is not true, they have decided not to pull it. people told him it is working. why would t
i mean, since 1976, when ronald reagan created the fact -- myth of the welfare queen, welfare and race have been linked in ways that -- >> i would even argue before that with barry goldwater in '64. >> this is not a dog whistle. it is just a strategy. racialized strategy. >> let me ask you this. when you look at the fact that even romney's pollster -- i mean, i heard a lot of bold statements. but romney's pollster said -- and i'm quoting him. when they were confronted with the...
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it's such an insight into what ronald reagan was thinking when he was the president. newt gingrich is in there as a young congressman. it doesn't mean he didn't have solid conservative credentials when he was in the house or when he was the speaker. but his association with ronald reagan -- and he's even thrown in margaret thatcher on a couple of occasions -- does stretch the relationships that they probably had. >> and with dole, he called dole -- back in those days, the tax collector of the welfare state. i working in the senate occasionally with bob dole trying to reach compromises, he would mutter to us about gingrich and these horrible stresses he has with newt gingrich. >> newt gingrich has something to say about something 24 hours a day, seven days a week. when you get into a campaign like that, that's going to catch up with you. >> i want to go to how gingrich defended his relationship to ronald reagan in this debate tonight where it came up. let's go to gingrich on ronald reagan. >> it's increasingly interesting to watch the romney attack machine coordinate t
it's such an insight into what ronald reagan was thinking when he was the president. newt gingrich is in there as a young congressman. it doesn't mean he didn't have solid conservative credentials when he was in the house or when he was the speaker. but his association with ronald reagan -- and he's even thrown in margaret thatcher on a couple of occasions -- does stretch the relationships that they probably had. >> and with dole, he called dole -- back in those days, the tax collector of...
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reagan supported and ronald reagan, were he able to talk about it, would likely not support barack obama. he would be supporting mitt romney. that being said, it's good for a democrat to speak well of democrats, democrats speak well of republicans. that's the point here. the battle is for the middle and i think it's going to be a hard-fought battle to win swing voters and independents. >> if we buy into that sort of strategy, the reason that both sides are doing it, i'm trying to figure out why romney has multiple times brought up, and not in a favorable light, former president jimmy carter. take a listen to that. >> it was the most antismall business administration i've seen probably since carter. who would guess we would look back at the carter as the good ol' days. >> romney asked if he would have ordered that strike to kill osama bin laden and he said, quote, even jimmy carter would have given that order. so, daniela, what's the point here, do you think? >> i think he's just trying to, obviously, get some cheap digs in at former president carter. honestly, he's a little -- it's benea
reagan supported and ronald reagan, were he able to talk about it, would likely not support barack obama. he would be supporting mitt romney. that being said, it's good for a democrat to speak well of democrats, democrats speak well of republicans. that's the point here. the battle is for the middle and i think it's going to be a hard-fought battle to win swing voters and independents. >> if we buy into that sort of strategy, the reason that both sides are doing it, i'm trying to figure...
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it's the ronald reagan philosophy. low taxes are the solution to everything. and government is always the problem. >> in this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem. republicans have pummeled that bush on you tuesday, americans by the millions rejected those ideas. on taxes, 60% of voters said they should be increased. clearly the president is wins that argument in the eyes of the country, but not just taxes. voighters said enough of squabbling over the definition of rape. they represented strong female representatives. >> despite the odds, you elected the first woman senator to the state of massachusetts. >> i am well aware that i will have the honor to be wisconsin's first woman u.s. senator. there is no way that clair mccaskill can survive. you know what happened? you proved them wrong. >>> on tuesday americans decided to send a record number of women. 20 women to the senate. and it didn't end there. we stood up for marriage equality after 32 straight defeats at the ballot box, it won in maine, won in maryla
it's the ronald reagan philosophy. low taxes are the solution to everything. and government is always the problem. >> in this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem. republicans have pummeled that bush on you tuesday, americans by the millions rejected those ideas. on taxes, 60% of voters said they should be increased. clearly the president is wins that argument in the eyes of the country, but not just taxes. voighters said enough of...
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bill clinton and ronald reagan did well. i think both of them could gotten elected a third time. >> i look back at the second roosevelt term as a problem because he went very conservative then, cut spending and browse us into a second -- brought us into a second part of the great depression which he didn't have to do. it was done by policy. i think eisenhower had the problem with sherman adams, his chief of staff betrayed him for money. i want to try something by you, a theory, it may be changed by history, first president, first term you pick the best people you can for your cabinet, the best people around, spending your life looking for them and come in and pick your best people. second term you promote everybody from within. bring up all your deputies and don't quite have that team of rivals that tough thing around you where people can say, mr. president, you're wrong on this one. cabinet members that challenge you. you bring cronies up. and that seems like nixon had it. i don't think people around -- i'm not naming names
bill clinton and ronald reagan did well. i think both of them could gotten elected a third time. >> i look back at the second roosevelt term as a problem because he went very conservative then, cut spending and browse us into a second -- brought us into a second part of the great depression which he didn't have to do. it was done by policy. i think eisenhower had the problem with sherman adams, his chief of staff betrayed him for money. i want to try something by you, a theory, it may be...
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cynthia tucker is a columnist and ronald reagan, msnbc political analyst. cynthia, watching it all as i described it, everything going on, voter suppression, lingo, attack on the president s sympathizing with the bad guys, never heard such a comprehensive effort to describe him as not american or in league with the enemy. your thoughts? >> this is all about appealing to racially resentful whites. and i have to tell you, i have been very disappointed and surprised by mitt romney's running his campaign this way. i met him back in 2007 when i was still editorial page editor at the atlanta constitution. he seemed smart, savvy, moderate, reasonable, and honorable, but i have to tell you, once he started running those outrageous ads on welfare, i knew he had put his conscience, if he has one, in a blind trust for the rest of this campaign. not only are they a clear effort to run again the southern strategy at large, this is all about telling racially resentful whites that obama wants to change work requirements so that black people don't even have to work to get
cynthia tucker is a columnist and ronald reagan, msnbc political analyst. cynthia, watching it all as i described it, everything going on, voter suppression, lingo, attack on the president s sympathizing with the bad guys, never heard such a comprehensive effort to describe him as not american or in league with the enemy. your thoughts? >> this is all about appealing to racially resentful whites. and i have to tell you, i have been very disappointed and surprised by mitt romney's running...
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let's listen. >> we're going to call another state for ronald reagan. not surprisingly, it's a big one. california. 45 electoral votes. ronald reagan picks up his home state of california. he's never lost a race there. and we fill in that big chunk of the map once again with blue. now solid blue practically all the way from the mississippi river westerly. >> it's getting to look like a suburban swimming pool there. >> steve, i love that stuff. tell me about something i did not know until i got your book today. why did democrats get stuck with blue? blue is a pretty good color. back in the cold war i wouldn't want to be the red state if you were a democrat. >> that could have been one reason it changed. the electoral map was created at nbc in 1976 by john chancellor, an exec be tif named gordon manning. they wanted to make it more visual and make it not just about the numbers. when they picked the colors, they wanted to go by the rosettes that the british party used and so they went red for the democrats making it sync up with the labor party and blue fo
let's listen. >> we're going to call another state for ronald reagan. not surprisingly, it's a big one. california. 45 electoral votes. ronald reagan picks up his home state of california. he's never lost a race there. and we fill in that big chunk of the map once again with blue. now solid blue practically all the way from the mississippi river westerly. >> it's getting to look like a suburban swimming pool there. >> steve, i love that stuff. tell me about something i did not...
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the incumbent was ronald reagan and got his clock cleaned by mondale. trying to win the first debates against their challengers was 0-3. the next time an incumbent president is facing a challenger is 1992. the incumbent president is george h.w. bush. his major party challenger is a young man from arkansas. there's also this other guy with the big ears and it's the other guy with the big ears who wins the first debate. >> the day after, victory for perot. clinton hold his own. trouble for the president. there's no one scorecard for determining who won and who lost last night, but a consensus does seem to be emerging. ross perot, the star of the night because no one knew what to expect. bill clinton just good enough. and president bush, he'll have to do much better. >> by morning, what had been last night's analysis had become conventional wisdom. in the headlines. on the "today" show. >> clinton did what he had to do and bush did not. >> and in instant polls. >> those polls show the president finishing third among people who watched the first debate. >>
the incumbent was ronald reagan and got his clock cleaned by mondale. trying to win the first debates against their challengers was 0-3. the next time an incumbent president is facing a challenger is 1992. the incumbent president is george h.w. bush. his major party challenger is a young man from arkansas. there's also this other guy with the big ears and it's the other guy with the big ears who wins the first debate. >> the day after, victory for perot. clinton hold his own. trouble for...